Slowly but surely, Jade Goody's tireless quest to find the cure for racism goes on, with this week's attempt to obliterate her Celebrity Big Brother shocker involving recourse to the works of Konstantin Stanislavksi.

Channel 4 executives yesterday belatedly hit back at criticism of their handling of the Celebrity Big Brother racism row, with the channel's director of television, Kevin Lygo, saying the furore had saved it from being the most boring Big Brother ever.

She went into the Big Brother house in 2002 facing jail over unpaid rent - and came out to braying mobs chanting, 'Burn the pig.' So how did Jade Goody make millions and become the most successful reality show contestant ever? Stuart Jeffries meets her.

A Mariah Carey concert. Better even than East 17. Mariah throws me a big ball thing. Everyone thought I was going to be Mariah Carey when I went on Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes, but my agent told me to do Lynn Anderson instead (whoever she is).

Jade Goody, already famous for not doing very much, has become more famous for doing even less after her pre-race preparations left her staggering out of the race before the finish, fearing for her life.